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*LEADOPTION* Moderators Amy Reynolds, from left, and Britton Brown listen as Oregon Law Center Director of Litigation Ed Johnson speaks on a panel with Vancouver Police Department Assistant Chief Erika Nilsen and Vancouver Housing Authority CEO Andy Silver.

‘We will never arrest our way out of homelessness’: Vancouver panel discusses criminalization

*LEADOPTION* Moderators Amy Reynolds, from left, and Britton Brown listen as Oregon Law Center Director of Litigation Ed Johnson speaks on a panel with Vancouver Police Department Assistant Chief Erika Nilsen and Vancouver Housing Authority CEO Andy Silver.

October 25, 2024, 1:54pm Clark County News

The Portland attorney who took a landmark case on homelessness to the U.S. Supreme Court calls fining people for sleeping outside “the leaf-blower approach.” Read story

Vista Del Rio interim boardmembers Gloria Titus, clockwise from top, Tom Kent, Deb Swope and Rick Seekins hold a board meeting Tuesday. Residents are trying to buy the park, which has been put up for sale by the property owner. .

‘We need a miracle’: Senior residents trying to buy their east Vancouver mobile home park

Vista Del Rio interim boardmembers Gloria Titus, clockwise from top, Tom Kent, Deb Swope and Rick Seekins hold a board meeting Tuesday. Residents are trying to buy the park, which has been put up for sale by the property owner. .

October 18, 2024, 6:10am Business

Marlene and Richard Stanley moved into their home 44 years ago — a yellow manufactured house with a lush garden. Over the years, they invested in improvements and created family memories within those four walls. Read story

The state Department of Commerce released its five-year Homeless Housing Strategic Plan. A lone tent is pitched between E Marginal Way S and Highway 99 in the Industrial District in this June 11, 2019 file photo.

Washington unveils five-year plan to ease record-high homelessness

The state Department of Commerce released its five-year Homeless Housing Strategic Plan. A lone tent is pitched between E Marginal Way S and Highway 99 in the Industrial District in this June 11, 2019 file photo.

October 16, 2024, 11:00am Latest News

More than 200,000 Washington residents – a record number – experienced homelessness or housing instability during July 2023, according to a new report from the state Department of Commerce, which outlines statewide goals for addressing this issue over the next five years. Read story

Gov. Jay Inslee points to the work his homeless encampment initiative has done to clear encampments and transition people into housing. Last December, Inslee released his budget proposals surrounding housing and homelessness programs at the site of a former encampment in Seattle.

WA program to clear roadside encampments needs more money to keep going

Gov. Jay Inslee points to the work his homeless encampment initiative has done to clear encampments and transition people into housing. Last December, Inslee released his budget proposals surrounding housing and homelessness programs at the site of a former encampment in Seattle.

October 16, 2024, 7:43am Latest News Free

Washington’s work cleaning up encampments along state highways is helping get unsheltered people into housing. Read story

Tents line the side of the road along West 11th Street in downtown Vancouver in June. Council for the Homeless data shows the number of people experiencing homelessness in Clark County decreased for the first time in at least five years.

Clark County saw slight drop in homeless population in 2023, says Council for the Homeless

Tents line the side of the road along West 11th Street in downtown Vancouver in June. Council for the Homeless data shows the number of people experiencing homelessness in Clark County decreased for the first time in at least five years.

October 11, 2024, 4:22pm Clark County News

The number of homeless people in Clark County dropped for the first time since at least 2018, the year the Council for the Homeless first released its own data. But the number is still disconcertingly high, advocates say. Read story

Visitors tour the new Community Roots Collaborative O Street property, which opens next week to local families. Community leaders said the property symbolizes a new beginning for people exiting homelessness.

Vancouver tiny home community ready to welcome families struggling with housing and homelessness

Visitors tour the new Community Roots Collaborative O Street property, which opens next week to local families. Community leaders said the property symbolizes a new beginning for people exiting homelessness.

October 11, 2024, 1:38pm Clark County News

Community Roots Collaborative has begun welcoming families to its latest housing project, seven small cottages for people moving off the streets. Read story

Kathleen Stevens takes a phone call from a woman fleeing domestic violence with nowhere to go in July.

‘There’s nowhere for her to go’: Number of homeless domestic violence survivors has doubled in Clark County

Kathleen Stevens takes a phone call from a woman fleeing domestic violence with nowhere to go in July.

October 9, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

Kathleen Stevens recently took a phone call from a woman in Vancouver who believed her abuser would kill her that night. She’s terrified for her life and Stevens, an 82-year-old Hazel Dell woman who uses her savings to help fleeing domestic violence victims, is her last hope. Read story

Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church can no longer host people for shelter this winter after a flood in April.

Flood damage means Vancouver church won’t be able to house the homeless this winter

Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church can no longer host people for shelter this winter after a flood in April.

October 8, 2024, 6:09am Churches & Religion

After a flood in April, Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church’s building in east Vancouver is unusable, according to its pastor. The church is looking for another organization to take its rotation as a winter shelter from mid-November through mid-March. Read story

The Meridian apartment complex, left, is pictured across the street from The Pacific in central Vancouver.

Vancouver Housing Authority working with police to beef up security at two supportive housing buildings

The Meridian apartment complex, left, is pictured across the street from The Pacific in central Vancouver.

September 17, 2024, 12:13pm Clark County News

Vancouver Housing Authority’s CEO said the amount of drug-trafficking at two of the agency’s permanent supportive housing buildings is unlike anything he’s ever seen. But he assured the Vancouver City Council during a Monday presentation that the agency is taking action to protect tenants and neighbors. Read story

Vancouver police Cpl. Sean Metevia, left, joins cleanup crews and members of the city of Vancouver’s Homelessness Assistance and Resource Team on July 31 as they remove solid waste along the West Mill Plain Boulevard sound wall, with a house just beyond. Residents on the other side of the sound wall want the camp cleared.

Vancouver City Council considers problems at homeless camp at Mill Plain sound wall but takes no action

Vancouver police Cpl. Sean Metevia, left, joins cleanup crews and members of the city of Vancouver’s Homelessness Assistance and Resource Team on July 31 as they remove solid waste along the West Mill Plain Boulevard sound wall, with a house just beyond. Residents on the other side of the sound wall want the camp cleared.

September 17, 2024, 11:23am Clark County News

The Vancouver City Council on Monday discussed tensions between residents of a homeless camp along the sound wall along West Mill Plain Boulevard and neighbors but didn’t take any action. Read story